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Ben Attow (Possibly): North Sea

Craft

Site Name Ben Attow (Possibly): North Sea

Classification Craft

Alternative Name(s) Ethel Nutten (Possibly); May Island; Isle Of May; Unknown; Ben Attow (Possibly)

Canmore ID 96706

Site Number NO70SW 8002

NGR NO 74194 02406

Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long

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  • Council Fife
  • Parish Maritime - Fife
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District Maritime
  • Former County Not Applicable

Archaeology Notes

NO70SW 8002 7419 0240

N56 12.8167 W2 24.9667

See also NT79NE 8005.

Formerly entered as NO70SW 8175.

Cross Ref: NT79NE 8180 BEN ATTOW

Quality of fix = HF

Horizontal Datum = OGB

Surveying Details

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26 August 1977. A small wreck was located on 13 August 1976 at 56 12 49N, 002 24 58W. The least clear water depth was 52.7 metres in a general depth of 55 metres. A scour pit of 2 metres depth was observed. The vessel's length is about 30 metres (100 feet). The keel is orientated on a bearing of 010/190 degrees.

Report by HMS SHIPHAM 7 December 1976.

Hydrographic Office, 1995.

(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 27 February 1940). Ben Attow (possibly): length about right.

Length: 30m.

(Location cited as N56 12.82 W2 24.97).

I G Whittaker 1998.

The equation of this wreck with the reported loss of the Ben Attow (NT79NE 8005) that is suggested by Whittaker is tentatively accepted.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 24 September 2010.

Activities

Evidence Of Loss (1995)

Quality of fix = HF

Horizontal Datum = OGB

Surveying Details

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26 August 1977. A small wreck was located on 13 August 1976 at 56 12 49N, 002 24 58W. The least clear water depth was 52.7 metres in a general depth of 55 metres. A scour pit of 2 metres depth was observed. The vessel's length is about 30 metres (100 feet). The keel is orientated on a bearing of 010/190 degrees.

Report by HMS SHIPHAM 7 December 1976.

Hydrographic Office 1995.

Evidence Of Loss (1998)

(No classification or cargo specified: date of loss cited as 27 February 1940). Ben Attow (possibly): length about right.

Length: 30m.

(Location cited as N56 12.82 W2 24.97).

I G Whittaker 1998.

External Reference (March 2009)

(Location cited as N56 12 49 W2 24 58 [GPS N56 12.820 W2 24.970]: '5 miles E of May Island [Isle of May]'. This wreck 'might possibly be' that of the Ben Attow, or alternatively that of the Ethel Nutten (NT79NW 8006).

B Baird 2009.

External Reference (2009)

(General description of vessel and loss: various candidate locations are considered, but that at N56 09 35 W2 26 05 [GPS N56 9.583 W2 26.03]: '4 miles 120 degs [of] South Ness [name: NT 662 988], May Island [Isle of May]') is evidently preferred).

B Baird 2009.

Reference (2011)

Whittaker ID : 55

Name : BEN ATTOW (POSSIBLY)

Latitude : 561249

Longitude : 22458

Length : 30

Position : Exact Position

Loss Day : 27

Loss Month : 2

Loss Year : 1940

Comment : Length about right

Reference (19 April 2012)

UKHO Identifier : 002961

Feature Class : Wreck

Wreck Category : Non-dangerous wreck

State : LIVE

Classification : Unclassified

Position (Lat/long) : 56.21361,-2.41611

Horizontal Datum : ORDNANCE SURVEY OF GREAT BRITAIN (1936)

WGS84 Position (Lat/long) : 56.21353,-2.41765

WGS84 Origin : 3-D Cartesian Shift (BW)

Position Method : HI-FIX 6 Parabolic

Position Quality : Surveyed

Position Accuracy : 25.0

Depth : 52.0

Depth Method : Found by echo-sounder

Depth Quality : Least depth known

Water Depth : 54

Water Level Effect : Always under water/submerged

Vertical Datum : Lowest Astronomical Tide

Name : UNKNOWN

Sonar Length : 30.0

Scour Depth : 2.0

Contact Description : Entire wreck

Original Sensor : Acoustic Sensor

Original Detection Year : 1976

Original Source : Survey Vessel

Surveying Details : **H4818/75 26.8.77 SMALL WK LOCATED 13.8.76 IN 561249N, 022458W [OGB] USING HIFIX [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 52.7MTRS IN GEN DEPTH 55MTRS. SCOUR 2MTRS. LENGTH ABOUT 30MTRS. LYING 010/190 DEG. (HMS SHIPHAM, HI 42/76). BR STD.

Chart Symbol : WK 52.0

Date Last Amended : 20/10/2003

Named Location (Nlo) (13 March 2012)

NLO: Isle of May [name: NT 65 99].

See also NT79NW 8002 and NT79NE 8005.

Formerly entered as NO70SW 8175.

Cross Ref: NT79NE 8180 BEN ATTOW

Note (13 March 2012)

(Location entered as NO 7419 0240 [N56 12.8167 W2 24.9667]). The equation of this wreck with the reported loss of the Ben Attow (NT79NE 8005) that is suggested by Whittaker is tentatively accepted.

UKHO chart no. 190 (1976, revised 1998) charts this wreck [Wk] at depth 52m in a general depth of 54m 4.9nm ENE of the Isle of May. No seabed type is charted nearby.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 13 March 2012.

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